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When your armour is on, it is too late to retreat.
When your armour is on, it is too late to retreat.
To have properly studied the liberal sciences gives a polish to
our manners, and removes all awkwardness.
To have properly studied the liberal sciences gives a polish to
our manners, and removes all awkwardness.
To taste many things bespeaks but a poor appetite. [To engage in
a multiplicity of studies shows but a read more
To taste many things bespeaks but a poor appetite. [To engage in
a multiplicity of studies shows but a weak mind.]
It is very hard to shave an egge.
It is very hard to shave an egge.
A friend always loves, but he who loves is not always a friend.
A friend always loves, but he who loves is not always a friend.
Common report is not always wrong.
Common report is not always wrong.
How poor are they that have not patience!
What wound did ever heal but by degrees?
How poor are they that have not patience!
What wound did ever heal but by degrees?
So much greater is our thirst for glory than for virtue.
So much greater is our thirst for glory than for virtue.
